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Mother shares son's story of drug addiction after fatal shooting

A mother is learning how to live without her son after he is shot and killed.

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Updated: 5:54 PM EDT Oct 23, 2015

Mother shares son's story of drug addiction after fatal shooting

A mother is learning how to live without her son after he is shot and killed.

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Updated: 5:54 PM EDT Oct 23, 2015

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WEBVTT VICKI: WE CAN'T GET RAIN ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY FOR SOME THANKS, TIFFANY. A MOTHER IS LEARNING HOW TO LI WITHOUT HER SON AFTER HE IS SHOT AND KILLED. JEFFERSONTOWN POLICE SHOT HALL AFTER THEY SAY HE TRIED TO ROB A MAN AT GUNPOINT, RAN FROM OFFICERS, AND REFUSED TO DROP THE BB GUN HE WAS CARRYING. WLKY'S EMILY MAHER TELLS WHY THAT MAN'S MOTHER IS SHARING HER SON'S STRUGGLE WITH DRUG ADDICTION. EMILY ACCOR MORGAN: -- EMILY? EMILY: DALE HALL'S MOM TELLS ME HER SON GOT ADDICTED TO DRUGS WHEN HE OT CLEAN WHILE SPENDING TIME IN JAIL. WHEN HE GOT BACK INTO DRUGS, SHE SAYS SHE DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO HELP ADDICTION WAS TOO STRONG. DID I FAIL AS A PARENT? WHAT COULD I HAVE DO HIM CHANGE THINGS? BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. EMILY: JUDY HALL SAYS WHEN HER SON DALE WAS GROWING UP, HE WAS A QUICK LEARNER WHO LOVED TO READ. HE STARTED READING GOOSEBUMPS BOOKS IN EMILY: BUT ON TUESDAY, JUDY HALL GOT A VISIT FROM POLICE. THEY ASKED ME IF DALE HALL. I SAID, YES, THAT'S MY SON. I LOOKED AT THEM AND I SAID, HE'S DEAD, IS INTO? THEY SAID, YEAH. EMILY: DALE'S MOM SAYS HER SON HAD BEEN USING DRUGS OFF AND ON FOR YEARS, BUT WHEN DALE HALL GOT ARRESTED AND SENT TO PN ON DRUG CHARGES SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HIS MOM SAYS HE GOT CLEAN, AND SHE GOT HER SON BACK. BUT SHE SAYS HALL'S ADDICTION TOOK OVER AND HE STARTED USING AGAIN. IT'S A SICKNESS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN STOP IT. EMILY: ACCORDING TO A STATE REPORT, MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE IN 2014. THE REPORT SAYS 233 OF THOSE DEATHS INVOLVED HEROIN. YOU KNOW, IT SPARES NOBODY AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PATIENTS, FOR THEIR LOVED ONES. IT'S A SCOURGE. EMILY: DOCTOR JEFF MCAFEE SAYS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN WITH HEROIN AND DRUG ABUSE-RELATED CONDITIONS IS ON THE RISE. LAST YEAR, NORTON HOSPITALS SAY THEY SAW 171 PEOPLE FOR HEROIN POISONIN SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY'VE SEEN 137 CASES AND EXPECT TO EXCEED LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. FOR JUDY HALL, WHO BATTLED DRUG ADDICTION UNT DAY HE DIED, SHE IS LEARNING TO LIVE KNOWING HER SON WILL NEVER COME HOME AGAIN. IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THE DOOR, AND THEY KNOCK ON THE DOOR, OR IF I HEAR A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY, I THINK IT'S HIM. IT'S NOT HIT ME YET. EMILY: THE JEFFERSONTOWN POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THAT SHOOTING REMAIN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING THE INVEST LIVE IN JEFFERSONTOWN, EMILY MAHER, WLKY NEWS. VICKI: THANK YOU, EMILY. TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE TWO OFFICERS' HISTORY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OFFICERS TORRAY WALKER AND DWIGHT TYLER HAVE A COMBINED 36 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE J'TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. OFFICER WALKER HAS BEEN SUSPENDED TWICE, ONCE IN 2008 THEN AGAIN IN 2012. OFFICER TYLER HAS ZERO SUSPENSIONS.

Mother shares son's story of drug addiction after fatal shooting

A mother is learning how to live without her son after he is shot and killed.